Religions in Conflict is the story of Protestant missions and Indian Christianity in the mid-nineteenth century. Looking in particular at eastern and northern India as well as Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh, this book studies certain crucial themes pertaining to Christianity in India: Mission as ideology the nature of the cultural contact between Missions and Indian religions the conversion experience of an Indian minority and the consequent conflict of cultural loyalties within an Indian Christian elite. Printed Pages: 297.